I am
currently a Professor of Physics at the University
of Alaska Fairbanks, with a joint appointment between the Geophysical
Institute and the Physics Department.
My research interest is in Space
Physics and Aeronomy, using both ground based optical instrumentation and
sounding rockets. Most of my
observations are conducted from either Poker Flat
Research Range or from various locations in
Antarctica. In particular, I am interested in the way in which auroral processes and space weather
disturb the upper
atmosphere , especially its winds and temperatures and composition. Although I have been living
in Alaska since
1993, I am an Australian by birth. Prior to coming here, I worked for The Australian Antarctic Division, in both their
Space and Atmospheric Sciences and
marine science sections. I also worked as a Senior Lecturer in Physics for
the La
Trobe University Physics Department between 2004 and 2006, and I still
maintain an adjunct appointment there.
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